We had quite a few more attendees this year and hopefully next time we'll be able to expand further. For those who weren't able to attend, the meeting was live-tweeted with the hashtag #haas11 and one attendee set up a live stream video.

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Shannon was there as a presenter, and he was by no means the only trans man there.
Though I suppose it's too much effort to actually research the people involved before making a blanket statement on the group as a whole.

I went by who was listed in the photo. So enlighten me... who were the other trans man bloggers who were there? And who were the other trans women bloggers? Obviously then, my point was totally wrong and that the trans community is represented at such an event as a totally equal partner. *end sarcasm*

I'm not about to do your homework for you. If you had really gone by all who was listed on the photo, you wouldn't have made the original broad brush comment in the first place. Not everyone in attendance was a blogger, or there in their capacity as one.

Personally, this was the first training that I'd attended/ given where the wider GL community actually acknowledged the dearth of trans resources, data and representation, and the need to do better. It's pretty big when the question asked is not " Why should we include them" but rather " How do we get accurate data so we can report better." In many ways this was about educating the attendees on how to be better reporters of the issues, and they came ready to actually listen.

I hope Bil can get the stream from Andres, and that Karen Ocamb posts her video so people can finally see what this was all about and we can lay to rest the charges of " OMG Super Secret Gay Inc Confab!!!"